He took the opportunity to tweak the international media, employing mocking humor to dispel the notion that Trump divulged top-secret intelligence to Russian Ambassador Sergey Lavrov, but that Lavrov had not passed it on to his superiors.

“At the same time, we see that the United States has been developing political schizophrenia, this is the only thing I can think of when I hear allegations saying that the president has revealed some secrets to Lavrov,” he assessed, before adding jokingly, “I will have to reprimand him because he shared these secrets neither with me nor with the Russian secret services which is very inappropriate on his part.”

“As for the message I delivered to Mr. Prime Minister, it is of a secret nature, I cannot tell you about it,” he quipped regarding his rendezvous with Gentiloni.

President Trump addressed the accusations originally concocted by the Washington Post, saying, “As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism.”

As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining….

Kremlin spokespeople offered their own reactions to the latest chapter in the contrived Russia-Trump witch hunt yesterday, calling it “utter nonsense,” and saying that mainstream U.S. newspapers should not be read or taken seriously.

“They can be used in different ways, but there is no need to read lately,” ridiculed Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova. “It is not only unhealthy, but dangerous.”